CNN Contributor Claims Jim Acosta’s Life Was in Danger at Trump Rally – There’s Just One Problem

CNN contributor April Ryan made a ridiculous claim that Jim Acosta’s “life … was in jeopardy” at a pro-Trump rally in Tampa, Florida last week, but a video shows him smiling and taking selfies in between live shots.

Ryan said she feared for her colleague’s life due to the crowd’s hostile reaction, a result of Trump’s mean comments.

“This president, President Donald. J. Trump, has stoked the flames for reporters to feel like their lives, their safety, their lives are in jeopardy at these rallies,” she said. “This has now gone beyond politics. This has gone into life. This has gone into changing lives.”

Ignoring Acosta and April Ryan’s theatrics, there is video suggesting the atmosphere in Tampa wasn’t nearly as life-threatening as they’d like you to believe.

In fact, Acosta may have forgotten, but he posted a video on his own feed showing his bravery in “taking selfies with Trump supporters in Tampa.”

“Really enjoyed talking to some of the folks at the rally and hearing their concerns,” he wrote adding that the media’s job is to present both sides of a story.

Taking selfies with Trump supporters in Tampa. Really enjoyed talking to some of the folks at the rally and hearing their concerns. As I told many of them.. we can’t do the news just for the Republicans and Trump supporters. We have to do the news for all Americans. pic.twitter.com/onOOM6q9l8

It’s pretty funny hearing Acosta lecture ‘deplorables’ on the media’s need to present both sides of a story, then watching them neglect to do so by failing to note that Jim was hamming it up with the very same people which allegedly threatened his life.